Improved folding- chair



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BURROUGHS BEACH, OF MERIDEN, ASSIGNOR TOl IIIMSELF YAND EDWIN I. PYLE, OF BRIDGEPOR'I, CONNECTICUT.

letters Patent No. 98,141, dated December 21, A1869.

IMPRQVED FOLDING einem.

The Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making pat of the same.

To dll whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURROUGHS BEACH, of Meriden, in the county of New Haven, and State of' Counecticnt, have invented a new Improvement in Folding Ohair;` and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inl connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of' reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

and which said drawings constitute part of this speeiiication, and represent, in-

Figurc l, a side View;

Figures 2 and 3, detached views, to illustrate the manner of securing the rocker;

Figure 4, a sectional view, toillustratethe manner of swivelling the rocker;

Figure 5, the limb-supporter; and in Figure 6, a side view oi' the chair, as folded.

'Ihis invention relates to an improvement in that class of" chairs which is constructed so as to be folded into small compass, the object being to provide such chairs with rockers, and also with a support for the limbs ofthe person sitting in the chair; and

The invention consists in combining, with the cross- `legs'of' a folding chair, rockers, swivelled to one ofthe legs, and locked to' the other, so that by means of the said lock, the rockers may be detached and turned into `position to fold; also, iu con'xhinatiou with the same, a detachable platform, for the support of the limbs.

A is the rear leg, and B, the forward leg, crossing cach other, and pivoted at u., so that the upper end of the said legs makes, inversely, the support for the chairseat.

lo the upper end of the leg A, the arm C is pivoted; and near the upper end ofthe leg 15, the back D is pivoted; and the arm is adjustably attached to the back by a set-screw, d, working in a T-shaped slot, E, so that the back may be adjusted to different iuclinations, as denoted by the broken lines.

F is the seat, attached to a rundle extending between the upper ends of the front and rea-r legs, and is made of flexible material.

Rims-far my invention is similuto folding chairs line'omuion use.

G, the'ocker, is permanently attached tothe leg B by a swivel, H, the rocker being pivoted, at h, in the ears of' the'swivel, so as to give to the rocker a universal movement.

The rocker G is secured to the other leg, A, bya pin, f, (see figs. 2 and 3,) extending down into the rocker, and a conical key,- I, passing into a notch in the piu f.

The smaller portion of' the key I, when drawn out, is of such diameter as to allow the pin t pass it; but when the pin is set into the rocker, and the key ,drawn into the notch, then the rocker and leg are firmly secured together. l y

To fold the chair, withdraw the key I, to free the rocker from the leg A; then turn the rocker to the position denoted in broken lines, fig. 1, and the chair is folded in the usual manner, the rocker lying flatA upon thetop, as denoted in tig. 6.

L L, fig. 5, are two bars, secured together by rundles l, with a flexible or other covering extending from the first rundle to the second.l The said bars are of' sufficient length to pass under the rear upper rundle ofthe chair, as denoted in broken lines, 1i g. l and provided with lugs or .hooks n, to attach to a rest on the forward legs, t-o retain it in position, as denoted iu broken lines, fig. l. Thus, when the chair is set up, the back inclined, and the rest placed in the chair, a rocking-conch is produced. When not required for use, the bars L may be removed from the chair.

I claim, as my invent-ion-Y- 1. In combination with a folding chair, substantially as described, the rocker G, pivoted and swivelled to the leg B, in the manner herein set forth.

2. In combination with the above, the conical key I and pin f, to secure the rocker, as set forth.

3. In combination with afolding chair, substantially such as described, the detachable rest, formed by the bars L L, in the manner described.

BURROUGHS BEACH.

Witnesses J. H. SHUMWAY, A. J. TiBBiTs. 

